Cultural heritage

“We want our young generation to be rooted in our specific culture and to have good opportunities to take their fate into their own hands. Using our language is essential. What alphabet we use in school, matters less. We tell our students about Ol-chiki [the Santali alphabet invented in 1925 and one of India’s 22 official languages since 2004] – encouraging, but not forcing them to learn it.”–  Boro Baski in “The pros and cons of Ol-chiki” (D+C Development and Cooperation, e-Paper April 2021)
https://www.dandc.eu/sites/default/files/pdf_files/dc_2021-04.pdf
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=21581

“With literature comes memory and so many meaningful traditions”: Linguist Ganesh Devy at Sahitya Akademi conference on Contemporary Creative Expression in India

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Professor GN Devy feels that alternate media should be used to make literature reach to a wider audience Parul Bajaj, Indian Express, Tue Jul 19 2011 Almost everyone in India knows the Mahabharata, but no one has read it. Listening is also a literary experience and oral and written traditions cannot be separated. With literature comes … Read more

Commemorating forced tribal migration 175 years ago: The Trail of the Tears remembered by Cherokees as “the place where they cried” – Tennessee

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This map shows the forced paths of removal for several tribes of Indians. (Image: “Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 4: History of Indian-White Relations,” Wikipedia) This year marks the 175th anniversary of the Trail of the Tears, the forced removal of the Cherokee people and other tribes from their homelands in the Southeast to Indian … Read more

Video | Hul Sengel: The Spirit of the Santal Revolution (1855) – Jharkhand

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Watch a film produced on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Santal Hul [“Santal revolution” of 1855-56] >> Director and Producer: Daniel J. Rycroft, University of East AngliaCo-Director: Joy Raj Tudu (Indian Confederation of Indigenous & Tribal People)Co-Producer: D. Mardi (Indian Confederation of Indigenous & Tribal People)Coordinator: John Jantu Soren (Indian Confederation of Indigenous & Tribal … Read more

Adivaani Trust: Kolkata-based publishing house for Adivasi literature – West Bengal

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Call for Support: Adivaani—Publishing the Adivasi Voice Adivaani is a new publishing house from Kolkata, which describes itself as a response to the  endangered Adivasi cultural and historical heritage. For long, mainstream publishing in India has neglected the documentation and publication of Adivasi languages and culture, except perhaps in the academic discussions of subaltern studies. The Adivasi … Read more

Bushmen, the original people of southern Africa, regain the right to live on their ancestral lands – Botswana

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A celebration of the Bushmen’s historic court victory against their expulsion from their ancestral lands, weaving together photos and testimonies showing their profound connection to their homelands. The Bushmen are the original people of southern Africa. They can uniquely claim to be the ‘most indigenous’ peoples in the world, having lived on their lands longer … Read more